Screenings I plan to see at 30th Miami Film Festival
The coverage for the 30th Annual Miami International Film Festival has begun in earnest. I hope to document all the coverage I contribute on this blog...
The Nightingale makes revenge unsettling
There hasn’t been a movie this year that has so consistently moved me as much as the violent, horrifying revenge film The Nightingale. A...
Film Review: 'After Lucia' holds unflinching lens to bullying
A bold and important film debuted in Miami during the Miami International Film Festival in March that only recently found a distributor. The Miami...
Reflecting on 2015, Part 1: The worst films
I tend to avoid the rubbish Hollywood produces to sell the popcorn and its over-priced 3D premium upgrades, so you won't find well-known crap like...
Mountains May Depart presents beautiful meditation on hope misplaced — a...
After the rather rich but violent A Touch of Sin, China’s Jia Zhangke returns with something more intimate though no less critical of his country’s...
Miami Film Festival GEMS presents movies to watch out for come...
I just finished a long weekend watching premieres of movies that will slowly roll out as possible Oscar contenders come next year. In total,...
Miami Film Festival movies for lovers of experimental film: Cocote and...
For the more adventurous cinephile, the 35th edition of Miami Dade College’s Miami Film Festival has a few selections worth seeking out. They may...
Yorgos Lanthimos, director of The Lobster, talks finding filmmaking freedom in...
Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos, probably one of the most distinctive voices in that already distinctive cinema scene that Greece has produced in recent years, did something special...
Underwhelming films but overwhelming schmoozing on Day 3 of MIFF
Day 3 of the Miami International Film Festival started as a bit of a drag with a pair of films that underwhelmed. However, the night ended...
The Lobster offers brilliant satire of the corrupted expectations of human...
Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos burst onto the International film scene in 2009 with the disturbing, Oscar-nominated family drama Dogtooth. There was no way it...